Norfolk & Suffolk: Coast & Country
2023 · Documentary
Bill Nighy narrates this series celebrating the beauty of the gorgeous eastern counties.
Episodes
1. Episode 160m · We follow one of the last of the Cromer Crab Boats, and the Walberswick ferry that's been running for 700 years. And champion rose grower Ian Limmer chases gold at the Chelsea Flower Show.
2. Episode 260m · Exploring the amazing chalk ridge dubbed Norfolk's Great Barrier Reef, source of some of the UK's best seafood. And in Suffolk there's bell ringing and newborn lambs.
3. Episode 360m · A group of Tudor re-enactors prepare for their May Day celebrations. On the cliffs above Happisburgh Beach, we visit a lighthouse run by a community trust.
4. Episode 460m · Mark Evans gears up to welcome 14,000 visitors to a once-a-year spectacle of nine million tulips. Plus, we visit a WWII airbase and board fishing smack Excelsior.
5. Episode 560m · From Scottisham campsite high above the River Deben in Suffolk to Norwich Cathedral, where restoration work is being carried out on the enormous pipe organ.
6. Episode 660m · We visit Great Yarmouth to inspect a 91-year-old wooden roller coaster; go boating at the fantasy village of Thorpeness; and call by Newmarket, home of horse racing.More Like This
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